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February 11, 2011
Brooklyn Hopes Players Will Move to Borough Along With The Franchise
via NetsDaily
In other news, we're still waiting for pigs to fly, and thinking we might need to give up on having that tooth beneath our pillow swapped for cash by a fairy.
Devin Harris has long lived happily along the Hudson in New Jersey. Most if not all the Nets live in the Garden State as well but the Daily News writes of Brooklynites' hopes that some of them, specifically Harris, will follow their team to the borough, much like the Dodgers did in the 1950's. (The article appeared only in the newspaper, not online.)
NY Daily News
by Jay Mwamba
It echoes back to the time of the Brooklyn Dodgers -- a historic and special era more than 50 years ago when professional athletes held court and lived in the borough. Back then, for many Brooklynites and their fans, the players were superstars and neighbors.
A part of that nostalgic memory will be rekindled when the New Jersey Nets basketball team moves to the Barclays Center arena in downtown Brooklyn for the 2012-2013 NBA season.
With the neighborhoods of Prospect Heights, Park Slope and Fort Greene in close proximity, there may be pro athletes in the borough again.
The excitement is palpable in the Nets organization and the community as work proceeds briskly on the high-tech venue that will seat as many as 19,500 people.
NoLandGrab: Yes, we can almost feel the palp.
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The Daily News published an article headlined Brooklyn Hopes Players Will Move to Borough Along With The Franchise and, though it was in print only, NetsDaily, always happy to boost the Brooklyn move, published it in full.
In it, freelancer Jay Mwamba quoted chief cheerleader Brett Yormark on the Dodgers and swallowed ridiculous Forest City Ratner claims whole:
The Barclays Center is part of a 22-acre residential and commercial rel estate project dubbed the Atlantic Yards that's expected to generate more than $5 billion in new tax revenues over the next 30 years.
In addition to tax benefits, the project will create thousands of new jobs: upwards of 17,000 union construction jobs and as many as 8,000 permanent and as nearly 8,000 permanent jobs.
In a not-exactly broad canvass, the article did find three people excited about the arena: two restaurant managers and a realtor.
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Posted by eric at February 11, 2011 10:25 AM